FYI: Zurich security fasttrack for C and F
#31
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US/Canada are NOT considered sterile.
What some Canadian airports have is what's called a transborder region - you go through US customs at the Canadian airport and enter a "sterile US" area, you then land as a domestic flight in the US. But there's no sterile combined US/Canada area (e.g. if you fly from the US to Canada, you always clear customs before flying onwards)
What some Canadian airports have is what's called a transborder region - you go through US customs at the Canadian airport and enter a "sterile US" area, you then land as a domestic flight in the US. But there's no sterile combined US/Canada area (e.g. if you fly from the US to Canada, you always clear customs before flying onwards)
Also for completeness: "sterile" transfers do exist in Canada, but only in limited situations, and only when originating from a sterile country. E.g. flying US->Int'l via Canada doesn't require you to pass security or customs (but you do get immigration), I think they also expanded that for some Int'l->Int'l (possibly if your origin is germany?). If you're destination is US or Canada you do get security as mentioned.
#32
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What is being discussed is "One Stop Security an EU regulatory framework which provides for the recognition of security standards in a non-EU country as equivalent to EU standards. Not every country in the EU has implemented OSS but Switzerland, though not in the EU, has decided to implement it.
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Then the UK could really, really accept the Schengen folks as sterile